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33 Cards in this Set
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This man was commander of the Texas Army after they declared independence.
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Sam Houston
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Missionaries who were killed in the Oregon Territory
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Marcus and Marcissa Whitman
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Leader of the first American settlers in Texas
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Stephen Austin
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American businessman who opened up Santa Fe to American traders
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William Becknell
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Religious group who settled in Utah
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Mormons
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Annex
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add on
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someone who tries to convert the religious beliefs of a group of people
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missionary
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self-appointed law enforcer
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vigilante
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a person who rushed to CA seeking gold in 1849
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forty-niner
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annual get together of mountain men
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rendevous
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enemy forces try to capture a city or fort by surrounding and bombarding it
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siege
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americans who settled in this territory had to agree to become Mexican citizens, obey its laws and worship in Catholic Church
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Texas
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belief that US should expand from Atlantic to Pacific
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manifest destiny
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after Texas gained independence from Mexico, this was its new name
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Lone Star Republic
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peace treaty signed after the Mexican/American War that required Mexico to give up CA and New Mexico to the US
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago
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how did US and Britain settle thier dispute over the Oregon Territory?
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Divided the land at 49 degrees
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What was the main factor that led to the Mexican/American War?
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border dispute
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Us completed expansion when it bought this strip of land
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Gadsden Purchase
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Traders used this route to reach the southwest
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Santa Fe Trail
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Land Mexico was forced to give up (NM, UT, CA)
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Mexican Cession
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Founder of the Mormons
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Joseph Smith
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Who was the US President during the Mexican-American War who believed in Manifest Destiny?
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JAmes Polk
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Gold was discovered at this site in CA
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Sutter's Mill
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What was the capital of the New Mexico Territory?
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Santa Fe
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Battle angered Texans- joined army to fight Santa Anna
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Alamo
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People who trapped animals and lived off land in Oregon territory
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Mountain Men
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United States
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1783
from Britain after Rev. War |
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Florida
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1819
Adams-Onis Treaty 5 million dollars |
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Louisiana Purchase
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1803
from France 15 million dollars |
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Texas Annexation
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1845
annexed |
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Oregon
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1846
split with Britain |
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Mexican Cession
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1848
15 million Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
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Gadsden Purchase
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1853
from Mexico 10 million dollars |
